the 90s called and i answered.

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currently loving:

short hair--it's reached a length i am really happy with--it's funny how long it took me to work up the courage to make the chop and once it was done, i never thought about it again--just loved it.

90s fashion--who knew i would whole-heartedly accept this strange era of style back into my life so openly, but i love it and i won't apologize for it. (ps--if you're a narrow shoulder suffer like i am, gap has this vest in petite! it made my dreams come true :))

red lipstick--i like to keep my makeup pretty clean and simple, but i have fun with the lip color, it's been hot pink for a while now, but this week I've been loving the red!

windy days--we've been having uncommonly breezy days this week and it really takes the edge off the rising temps, plus it sounds so lovely to leave the doors open and hear the wind rushing through the trees, i've been drinkin' it in!

pupusas--it's an el salvadoran food that just blows my mind with happiness. i hope you have a restaurant that serves them in your area. my favorites are the loroco and the bean and cheese. marcus loves the shrimp and cheese. this is the place we go to.

poppy's photobombing--always and forever. 

the smell of rosemary--we have two plants of it in our porch garden and i feel like i'm doing drugs when i smell it. it's quite heavenly.

performing all the parts to disney classics in the car--personal favorites are Belle (Little Town), and Poor Unfortunate Souls, i'm pretty amazing at it, I must say.

gardening--i planted some beets, carrots and squash in my parents backyard and i think about them constantly. All i want in life is to have my own farm with a giant garden and some animals and a good fitting pair of overalls. also to travel the world and some baby cheetahs, but mostly the garden thing...

What have you been loving lately?

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wearing:

oversized white tee//old (similar here)

circle charm necklace//gift (similar here)

starburst earrings//bluenile (here)

denim vest//gap (buy here 35% off today!)

burgundy purse//c.o. persun (here)

lipcolor//covergirl really red (buy here)

jeans//madewell high-risers (buy here)

sandals//target old (similar here and here)

{Tunes on Tuesday} Featuring The Civil Wars

Today's tunes on Tuesday is brought to you by the beautiful Emma, who commented on the last post where I asked about favorite concerts--she said it was The Civil Wars and I hadn't heard of them, so I looked them up and haven't turned them off this whole morning. So soothing, so good!
Thanks for sharing! I love reading all your comments :)

festival style

Not sure that I'll be going to any music festivals this summer, but that won't keep me from playing with the styles from it.

Speaking of music, what's the greatest concert you've ever been to? Isn't it the best when you're there and the artist is creating the music right in front of you and they actually sound good live? It's pretty magical and for it, it makes hearing the song later, forever different and special because you can remember the time, the artists were in front of you, playing that song live.

We've been to some pretty great shows, but Vampire Weekend and Bon Iver were definitely two highlights.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

<<wearing>>
round mirror sunnies//c.o. oasap
gold fringe necklace//old navy (similar here and here)
green silk top//j.crew (buy here, save)
bracelets//threads & pb&j 
snake braclet//(buy similar here)
blue bells//c.o. shopindigenous 
clogs//american eagle (buy here)

CLOSED: Junieblake Dress Credit Giveaway!

Congratulations to Nikki Olmstead! 
*Please get back to me within 72 hours or a new winner will be chosen.

Spring is here, the unicorns are frolicking! Time to resume shaving your legs and letting them see a lit of sun before the swimsuits start calling your name! Lucky for you, I've struck up a deal with Junieblake to give one reader a $60 credit to their shop to pick out a pretty dress of your very own!

{find similar floppy hat here, same necklace here, same shoes here}

I have the Corrine and the Camille, but I also wouldn't mind owning this pretty one as well!

{See Camille styled here}

To enter you must:
Be a public follower of this blog and head over to junieblake and tell me which you'd get if you were the winner.

For extra entries:
Like them on Facebook here and tell them I sent you :)
Tell me one thing that makes you feel pretty

sweater weather.

Last week we had a beautiful storm roll in that gave us a few more days of heavenly Spring weather. We drank it in and spent as much time as we could walking around our community garden and ate almost all our meals on the patios of our favorite cafes. I'm going to miss this time of year, before it's even fully gone, I find myself missing it.

Spring is the time of the Unicorn and the unicorn in me is happiest in the springtime.

We're actually toying with the idea of moving, somewhere that is green more of the year. Marcus wants Seattle, I'm not sure this Arizona girl can survive the clouds, but I'm willing to give it a try--maybe.

Where would you move, if you could live anywhere in the USA?

<<what i wore>>
sunnies// old (similar here)
earrings//c.o. oasap (buy here)
bar necklace//c.o. mourning dove (buy here)
oversized sweater//sold out (buy here)
high-riser skinnies//madewell (buy here)
studded heels//c.o. oasap (buy here)

Happy Easter #BecauseofHim

Happy Easter my friends! It's been a beautiful weekend--my newest baby niece was born Saturday night and I had the privelege to photograph the miracle of it. It was such a peaceful experience that set the perfect tone for the Easter holiday!

dress//here in black here shoes//here

This is something we've been helping distribute at work--it's something i love so much and feel His love for me and for all His children on this earth when I watch it. I hope you enjoy it and feel the hope and joy it's message brings!

dresses+poppy+guy behind the camera=my best friends in the state of arizona

I got nothing for ya today, so I'm not going to BS some paragraph about nothing interesting.

But happy friday and come on over to instagram and enter to win a $30 credit to the shop i got this necklace at--you'll be happy if you win :)

<<what i wore>>

straw fedora hat//forever21 old (buy similar here)

sunnies//c.o. oasap (buy here)

bar and drop necklace//c.o. mourning dove (giveaway happening today on my instagram here:))

camille dress//c.o. junieblake (giveaway coming next week :))

tribal print heels//lulu's (sold out, buy similar here and these are adorbs too)

it's a swell of a life.

Hey guys! I just got back from a day trip up to our cabin in the mountains with my mom. We left our computer there last weekend when we were up there with family watching this.

We woke up early and made some thrift store stops in Payson, grabbed the computer, then hit every single antique shop/thrift store in Pine. I got some pretty great gems. 

I love small town thrift stores. The prices are awesome and it seems like there's less competition for the good stuff ;)

It's been fun to get back into thrifting--i was pretty hardcore in jr high and high school (remember i even found my wedding dress for $3 at an estate sale?) and then i faded out for a while, but this month--it's becoming an obsession. 

My new traveling goal is going to be, that I always hit up at least one local thrift shop when in another town or state. Nothing like a one-of-a-kind souvenir, right?

What's the best thing you've ever scored at a thrift store/estate sale/antique shop?

<<what i wore>>
boater hat//free people (similar here and here)
statement necklace//c.o. persunmall(buy here)
on the mark necklace//stella & dot (buy here)
initial necklace//(similar here)
elephant muscle tank and striped pencil skirt//c.o. swell (skirt here)
time sawyer//arvowear (splurge here)
tooled leather purse//vintage (similar here)
clogs//american eagle (buy here --buy one get one 50% off right now)

Closed: Enjoying the forty eighth state thanks to POGO Pass + a giveaway

The winner is Justine S.! Congrats!

I love being married, but anyone who's been married for more than a few years likely knows that you can start to get stuck in a rut and date nights quickly turn to lots of dinner and a movies... 

Just before we headed off to Costa Rica I was contacted by the fab people at Phoenix POGO. They told me about their awesome year passes and offered to let Marcus and I test them out. Basically you buy a pass and you get admission into all sorts of fun things around Arizona for one year. There are some restrictions on what days you can go or how many times you cans go certain places, but for the price, you only have to go to a few stops before the passes are more than paid for. 

It was seriously JUST what Marcus and I needed. We've been really struggling with ideas on what to do and have ended up spending way too much of your free time on the couch watching Justified (anyone else watch it on Amazon, we're addicted!).

Now whenever we need to get out of the house we just open our POGO Pass app and pick an adventure. So far we've been to the rock gym twice and the Sea Life Aquarium once. Both were so much fun--next I think we might try the indoor trampoline park. I'm nervous for that one, but it will be fun to give it a try in our 25 and 26 year old bodies ;). 

POGO Pass is giving one of my readers the lucky chance to win two passes to use here in Phoenix!

If you don't want to wait or want more passes, use this code for 60% off: UNICORN

To Enter:

Required//

1. Be a public follower of this blog. 

2. Tell me one thing you're excited about this summer

Extra (not required)//

3. Share this blog post on twitter or Facebook with a link back 

4. Follow @phoenixPOGOpass on Instagram 

Represent Arizona in your own State Forty Eight t-shirt! #azpride

Buy them here

Mine His

la paz nature reserve//costa rica

Sorry in advance for the photo overload. This is the last of my Costa Rica posts. 

This was our last day in the country and by far my favorite day of the trip--additionally one of my favorite days in life. 

We woke up to monkeys on our porch and ended the day feeding toucans, hummingbirds, and holding butterflies...dreams do come true my friend. They come true in Costa Rica!

La Paz nature preserve was absolutely the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my entire life, and I've been to some pretty magnificent places, but up in those misty mountains, with pastures, and cows, and your head literally in the clouds, surrounded by jungle and some of God's most beautiful creatures. That's where you can feel His love with your eyes. 

It was a perfect day. 

The best day. 

state forty eight shirt c.o. state forty eight